harvest baptist church

09 November, 2014

Message 2

A Season of

Reaching
Discipling
Equipping
to fulfill the
mission of the
Great
Commission

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Thesis
Thanksgiving gives us the book of ________
experience of becoming
a powerhouse bible-teaching church
a lighthouse gospel-witnessing church
a schoolhouse missionary-sending church
AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF
YOUR NEED FOR PRAISING PRAYER
1. None of us praise God as much as he
________________ it
2. The praise language of prayer is hard to pick
up on because we hear it so ____________
3. Often our public petitions do not match our
______________ pleas

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To __________ is to elevate and exalt in rank,

status or character
Point 1. In many of our families ______-__________
are more plentiful than praise and what is
repeatedly modeled at home becomes our
automatic behavior in the world.
Point 2. There is something about pure praise that
restores our joy and renews our ________.
Point 3. Praise is an unceasing, unrelenting and
unstoppable force from __________.
Point 4. It is our __________________ about God
that will connect the generation following us to
our God.

DEFINITIONS
__________________ is strong devotion, and
means to hold in utmost or highest esteem by
performing acts of fervent and devoted love

Glorifying Godby Jesus Christ...through his body the church | 816-224-9113 | www.hbcbluesprings.org

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FAST FACTS
Downloadable Prayer Diary
www.scribd.com/
doc/245768249
Sermon Video
hbcbluesprings.org
Pastor Alan Shelby
about.me/ashelby
SEVEN ELEMENTS ACCOMPLISHING A
SEASON OF PRAISE
1. Gods __________________, 1-2
2. Gods __________________, 3-6
A. Weve got to _____________________ Gods works, 3-4
B. Weve got to ______________
Gods works, 5-6
3. Gods __________________, 7-9
4. Gods ____________________,
10-13
5. Gods ________________, 14-16
6. Gods ________________, 17-19
7. Gods ________________, 20-21

GODS ETERNAL
PURPOSE

Rom 11:33 O the

depth of the riches
both of the wisdom
and knowledge of
God! how
unsearchable are his
judgments, and his
ways past finding
out!
Psalm 81:10 I am the
Lord thy God, which
brought thee out of
the land of Egypt:
open thy mouth wide,
and I will fill it.
John 17:17 Sanctify
them though thy
truth: thy word is
truth.

I. PRAISE BECAUSE GOD IS GREAT, 1-6

Thanksgiving Day to Day
A. His Position is Deep, 1-2
Thanksgiving Generation to Generation
B. His Power is Wide, 3-6
Praise for the
1. Mystery of His Person, 3
2. Might of His Power, 4
3. Majesty of His Purpose, 5
4. Meaning of His Providence, 6
II. PRAISE BECAUSE GOD IS GOOD, 7-10
In His
A. Moral Ways, 7
B. Merciful Ways, 8
C. Manifold Ways, 9
D. Meaningful Ways, 10
III. PRAISE BECAUSE GOD IS GLORIOUS, 11-13
Thanksgiving Nation to Nation
A. His Dynamics are Inspiring, 11-12
B. His Duration is Invincible, 13
IV. PRAISE BECAUSE GOD IS GOVERNING, 14-17
Thanksgiving Need to Need
A. He Helps by True Kindness, 14
B. He Helps by True Kingliness, 15-17
1. Being Absolutely Impartial, 15-16
2. Being Absolutely Impeccable, 17
V. PRAISE BECAUSE GOD IS GRACE, 18-21
Thanksgiving Prayer to Prayer
A. Reviewed Grace, 18-19
1. God is Approachable, 18
2. God is Appealing, 19
B. Revoked Grace, 20
C. Refrain on Grace, 21

To glorify God, by Jesus Christ, through his body the church, as we

preach the gospel to the world (Eph 3:10-11,21)